Denver Nuggets' Chris Andersen (11), of Australia, defends as Portland Trail Blazers' Greg Oden drives to the basket in the second half of their NBA preseason basketball game Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, in Portland, Ore. The Trail Blazers defeated the Nuggets 98-96. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Birdman is Austiralian??I dont understand espn...Iooked it up and there seems to be a Chris Anderson Australian long jumper...LOL

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According to Outlaw, he was told by Portland’s coaches he needs to sharpen his focus, primarily because the Blazers have so much offensive talent, and touches might be hard to come by. They reasoned that if Outlaw can add another asset to his game, he can become even more valuable to Portland — and further define his role on the team.

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Finally, a local writerdaresto write a comparison of the pbp styles of the current and former Blazers radio broadcasters. (My favorite quotes) It's a matter of taste, to large extent. Listening to Schonely is like going to a Sinatra concert and an NBA game breaks out. Listening to "Wheels" is like going to a pro basketball game and WWE breaks out. ...the "marketing" plan with Wheeler is the more modern, i.e., intense: "You had to be here to believe what just happened! ... ," and here's the number to call for tickets ... Schonely, on the other hand, comes at you more like a Little Leaguer selling cookie dough ... he makes you want to support a good cause, which in his case, is the Blazers. Listening to Wheels, I get the feeling that when the Blazers win, it's one big party, but when they lose, the world is a cold place — or else it was just that the refs screwed the good guys or the opposing superstar got the calls or some other explanation. With Schonely, it feels to me like, hey, we're having a good time, aren't we, and it's great to be here with you all again ... and, oh, by the way, Brandon Roy just scored and now has 16 points, how about that? Good stuff. You need to read it all.

Lot's of good stuff that's not up at O'live. Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez (back spasms) and forward LaMarcus Aldridge (knee contusion) will miss Sunday's game according to the team. Both are listed as day-to-day. Fernandez, who missed Thursday's game against the Utah Jazz and did not travel with the team, watched Saturday's practice from the bench. Aldridge did not practice Saturday, either. McMillan on Aldridge: He's got a sore knee; right on that patella. It was sore in the Utah game. On when Aldridge injured the knee: He fell on the floor two games prior to that, and that's when he hurt it. I think there's — I don't know if there's much swelling — but there's a lot of soreness there. So, he didn't go today and he won't go tomorrow. There's another article and video where Nate talks about uptempo style versus turnovers. Check it out http://columbian.com/article/20091017/BLOGS05/910179990/-1/BLAZERBANTER http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2371636

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